Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
Related DEYTH BANGER A man is at his best when he is simply not like the rest in all his life's test ANUJ SOMANY A man is at his best when he is simply not like rest in all his life's test ANUJ SOMANY It occurred to me the other day that Arthur Conan Doyle invented Sherlock Holmes, one of the great f... FRANCIS WHEEN GEORGE HERBERT NIKOLAI GOGOL Houdini, the magician who debunked magic, could not bear to see the great rationalist [Arthur Conan]... JOHN HODGMAN At his age, he is outstanding. He's got that speed and he's got those quick legs. BENOIT ALLAIRE I believe this is a governor who at his core is a libertarian on issues of social matters, ... and t... MARK LENO MICHAEL DAVIS A general is a specialist insofar as he has master his craft. Beyond that and outside the arbitrary ... ERNST JüNGER RALPH WALDO EMERSON Graig looks at me and bares his teeth — a smile. His happy look. Sometimes he gives me a treat whe... LEA KIRK ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE MINDY KALING CHARLES LAMB He is moving on, and we are certainly grateful for the many years that Rob worked at the station, fo... BRIAN LAWLOR Lou is a great, multi-talented (guy). He does great work (in sculpture). He brought his expertise fr... MIKE BROWN CHARLES LAMB ERIK PEVERNAGIE ERNEST HEMINGWAY C.S. LEWIS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE JOHN BURROUGHS CORMAC MCCARTHY Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same wo... HANNAH STORM Michael saw his specialist on Monday and had a good look at his latest X-rays. He is happy at what h... GLENN ROEDER HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL LEMONY SNICKET ERNEST HEMINGWAY WOLE SOYINKA Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM J.K. ROWLING JEFFREY TOOBIN GEORGE ELIOT MARY RENAULT MARK TWAIN AGATHA CHRISTIE His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them i... BIBLE MARCUS AURELIUS If there was one thing that made Captain Lord Jack Blackthorn smile more than holding a pretty woman... JINA BACARR He was kind of foaming at the mouth and his teeth were clenched. DAN WATTS AMY ADAMS STENDHAL But we were at the funeral. We scattered a trash bag full of his ashes! WILL & GRACE I think his success has a lot more to do with his desire than with his mind. I am never going to dou... ROB ROONEY EUGENE FIELD MARK TWAIN KAPIL DEV GEORGE JEAN NATHAN The big thing with Marcus is his discipline. He is such a disciplined athlete on the field and just ... ALLAN JOHNSON If you look at it, he dropped his body fat from 22 percent to 10.7 percent. That is a significant nu... ALLAN JOHNSON We are sorry to lose Mark as he is a superb person, with extraordinary skill, experience and integri... GEOFF TATE RALPH WALDO EMERSON Richard worked something out and went in. Hines, when you consider where he is in his career, has go... EUGENE PARKER BETH REVIS At Christmas
A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year;
He is almost what he should be w... EDGAR GUEST JOHN BUCHAN GEORGE LOIS PATRICK LEAHY C. JOYBELL C. RALPH WALDO EMERSON RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN Orion smiled and leaned back against the wall, letting his gaze drift down in thought. Helen stared ... JOSEPHINE ANGELINI ANTHONY HOROWITZ John has the ability, he is a slippery player, he is able to use good speed and he has a great chang... JOE ALBERICI ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a foo... BIBLE A.W. TOZER Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. NIKOLA TESLA TALCOTT PARSONS LEONARD COHEN Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a ... RAFAEL YGLESIAS If Jesus finished His work for us then be confident that He will finish His work in us. He is a FINI... KINGSLEY OPUWARI MANUEL Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS DEYTH BANGER He is in a battle for his life, ... He is one of my favorite guys on the team. That is pretty much a... MIKE HOLMGREN He is a hungry fighter and still the best fighter at his weight. He is hungry now to continue to pro... HENRY FOSTER He looked me square in the eye and said that they didn't take place, ... I must take Judge Roberts a... CARL LEVIN There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his so... BIBLE There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his so... BIBLE ELIE WIESEL F. SCOTT FITZGERALD JEFFREY FRY WILLIAM MORRIS He's so brutally honest at times that it can catch you off guard. The best thing about his honesty i... BRADY QUINN MAGGIE STIEFVATER ZORA NEALE HURSTON WILL DURANT RALPH WALDO EMERSON PAT BUCKLEY W. H. AUDEN J.R.R. TOLKIEN P.C. CAST I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he... JOHN THAW ...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy an... PAUL HOFFMAN HA-JOON CHANG
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I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. 
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle. 
He never looks you straight in the eye; or if he does, it is somehow vaguely, indefinitely; he does ... 
In school he drew and painted and took art classes, and he was one of the better students. I assumed... 
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; t... 
It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and... 
I also became familiar with an entirely new category of people: the unhappily married person. They a... 
Why are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster? Because we are conscious that he i... 
When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. ... 
Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, ... 
Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
His eye begets occasion for his wit;
For every object that the one doth catch
The other turns ... 
Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage ... 
He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke. 
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the... 
I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, becau... 
Obasanjo has acted sufficiently against the constitution to warrant his impeachment. There is more t... 
Then he heard a terrible cry that pulled at his insides, that expressed agony of a kind that neither... 
Bush recognizes that this is one of the most important days of his presidency and that he will make ... 
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A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it... 
Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True ... 
Sometimes I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there ... 
The guest at the lower end of the middle couch, with three hairs on his bald head and his scalp stre... 
What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He ... 
The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell... 
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There is no doubt that he is the best spinner we have and we are all proud and delighted at his achi... 
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There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; t... 
For a moment, he looks back at me, and his farewell is in his smile. Then he turns to the stars. 
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. 
If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he doe... 
He is a man of integrity. I have taken him at his word that he does not have an ideological agenda a... 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
I believe there is no sentiment he has such faith in as that
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And his, I p... 
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Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater... 
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His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone el... 
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There is no thing known as bad luck. There is luck, or no luck at all. 
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There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; t... 
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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. 